Adjustable holder for meat during carving



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Patented Aug. 28, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,565,802 ADJUSTABLE HOLDER FOR MEAT DURING \CARVING- William, Woodward Cook, Washington, D. 0. Application July 5, 1949, Serial No. 103,044

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to improvements in adjustable holders for retaining articles of food, as

roasts and steaks, upon a suitable support, as a platter, during carving.

It is an improvement upon the meat carvin rack disclosed in my United States application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 710,552, filed November 18, 1946, and which matured in Patent 2,467,611, dated April 19, 1949. I

An important object of the present invention is the provision of means to elevate the main portions or link sections of the new holder above the upper face of the bottom of the platter but, at the same time, prevent accidental movement of the holder. This raises the holder and roast or steak ofi the bottom of the platter, so that neither interfere with meat juices, sauces or gravy upon the platter.

Another important object is to provide a holder for the purpose described, in which the link sections thereof may be constructed of sheet metal with an integral flange which serves the purpose heretofore detailed and, in addition, reinforce the link body.

A further important object is to provide such links with integral prongs, formed by stamping the link material and turned upwardly, these prongs being disposed along the sides of the links opposite their flanged sides, whereby the links may be of relatively narrow width, yet will be strong and not apt to bend nor break.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description of the invention, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this disclosure, and in which drawing:

Fig. 1 is a holder.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, disposed in perspective view of the improved an operative position upon a platter shown in dashed lines.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of a link section of the improved holder, substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the improved holder is designated generally as A, and shown to comprise a plurality of link sections 3 and C, with pivot means D for pivotally connecting them. At least some of the link sections carry means E to relink sections.

leasably hold an article of food disposed upon the The link sections B and C may be formed of sheet metal, as by stamping, and are preferably exactly alike, except that the length of the sections B is less than that of the sections C.

Each section B and C comprises an elongated body portion 10 preferably flat, having a side edge II and a paralleling side edge 12 with preferably arcuate end edges [3. There is an upper face 14 and bottom face 15. The body portions are adapted to overlap at their arcuate end portions 16.

Integral with and depending from the body portion) is a marginal or edge flange ll. Being formed of the sheet metal it is of relatively limited thickness and is, preferably, of less height than the width of the body portion [0, and it is of less length than the body portion, as may be seen in Figure l, where its ends do not extend to the arcuate end edges 13. Each flange 1'! presents an outer, face It and narrow bottom edge [9, and the flange and associated body portion form preferably a right angle.

The pivot means D is, preferably, a suitable headed pivot pin 2|] extending through suitable aligning openings in the overlapping sections l6, of adjacent body portions it, so that each link section may be swung upon its pivot means D to take various positions with respect to its associated links. That is the links B and C of the holder A may be adjusted thereby to the positions shown in Figure 2 for accommodation upon an oval platter or adjusted thereby to the positions shown in Figure 1 for accommodation upon a rectangular platter.

Means E to releasably retain an article of food upon the link sections B and C is shown as being provided from the material of the body portion Ill, stamped or cut, by a slit 3!] extending diagonally from the edge ll of the body portion Ill toward but short of the opposite edge l2, the angular portion thus formed being turned or bent upwardly as in Figures 1 and 3 to form a tooth or prong. It will be noted that the terminal 3| of the slit 30 is not beyond halfway of the width of the body portion 10. I prefer to position the prongs or teeth thus formed intermediate the length of the link B or C, as at an equal distance from the end portions 16. I have discovered that a slit 30 positioned as described and illustrated does not weaken the sheet metal body portion so that it will collapse, particularly since the plural purpose flange ll aids in preventing such collapse.

The means E, positioned as described, permits a smaller roast or steak to be releasably retained thereby than if the prongs or teeth were centered,

or disposed adjacent the outer margin of the links, and there is a saving in wear upon the stamping machinery, since but one slit instead of two is required.

It Will be noted in Fig. 1 that the end edges of the flanges l1 are diagonally disposed with reference to the edges l9 so that, as is obvious in Fig. 2'theendtedgesfof theifflangesio'fthe link sections Bwill engage-the platter surfaceat the juncture of the side wall and bottom wall of the platter to aid in preventing accidental shit-ting of the holder A. 7

When disposed as desired, depending uponjthe size and shape of the support (platter) for the holder A, the latter, with itSfiaIi'ges-lD- doWnward and means E upward, is ready toreceive a steak, roast or the like, impale'd uponthe means E with the steak, roast or the like, raisedabove the platter bottom andithus held for carving.

varions changesimaylbe made-to the form of therinvention hereimshowm and adescri-bedirwithout sdeparting from i the ;spirit :.of the invention or scope-.of :the :claim.

" What is claimed ,is:

-In- -a link sectiomforiagholder forretaining .an aitiele 1 of food sforgqcarving, upon, and against slipping: from a support, suchsas :agplatter, .said :linkzsection being: oiesheet. metaLproviding: ajbody ::.portion having. anmppenface;opposite sideedges I and opposite substantially fiat end edge portions with :Said end edgezportionswf; one link :esection constructed rand arranged i'fOI overlapping like end edge portions faadjacenflelink:sectionszeach dofisaid'iendedge 'LDOIfiOIlS :having 'accurved i edge i an'd :a .pivot min-accommodating nperforation,

there being a downturned flange at one of said side edges extending to closely adjacent and falling short of said end edge portions, and an upstandin tooth struck up from said body portion and disposed with its longitudinal axis substantially normal to said face and parallel with the axis of said perforation, with the base of said rtootheextending ate the :other aside edge. and fallnag-short of sa-id One-"o'fisaid' side edges.

WILLIAM WOODWARD COOK.

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